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SOMETHING MUST BEDONE ABOUT BILLY'S RAFFISHNESS proclaimed a
headline—in theNew York Post! Howvastly would the Post be ennobled if it could
riseto raffishness. “He's not up to your standards,” presidential imagebuilder
Gerald ...
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The Telephone Booth Indian
In The Telephone Booth Indian, Liebling proves just why he was the go-to man on New York lowlife and con culture; this is the master at the top of his form, uncovering scam after scam and writing about them with the wit and charisma that ...
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About Three Bricks Shy...And the Load Filled Up
Pittsburghis a townof classic grievances, andalso of characters in the old sense,
of raffishness. You see freakishness around the country, but you don't see that
much raffishness anymore. Pittsburghwasa big town for fighting, too.Art Rooney,
the ...
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About Three Bricks Shy of a Load: A Highly Irregular Lowdown ...
Pittsburgh isatownof classic grievances,and alsoof characters in the old sense, of
raffishness. You see freakishness around the country, but you don't see that
much raffishness anymore. Pittsburgh was a big town for fighting, too.ArtRooney,
the ...
5
Screening the Stage: Studies in Cinedramatic Art
That raffishness is as lively as ever, as in this understatedly but effectively witty
comment about Fargo (1996), from Regarding Film: "The hot news about Joel
and Ethan Coen is that they have made a tolerable film." Or, from the same
collection, ...
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The Ivory Thought: Essays on Al Purdy
Great poetry this most certainly is not, but it is nevertheless a rudimentary ars
poetica that anticipates the combination of raffishness and tenderness——"salty,
robust . . . language" (Bowering 22) and sweet, even sentimental, emotion—that
is ...
Gerald Lynch, Shoshannah Ganz, Josephene T. M. Kealey, 2008
His married status did something to diminish the air of raffishness that had hung
around him, and went down well with the electors at Shrewsbury in 1844: 'my
domestic character', he reported to Mary Anne, 'does me a great deal of good'.8
He ...
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A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?: England 1783-1846
- Tristram Hunt, New Statesman;This book, like its companion volumes, takes for its subject English society as a whole, and the Byronic nudge of the title, as well as promising entertainment, is meant to alert us to the idea that the years ...
Blindfold Games was the first volume of Alan Ross's autobiography.
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Line upon line, precept upon precept
I have heard too charges of bureaucracy and tyranny and deviousness and
personal name calling bandied about with such raffishness as to be
embarrassing to the quality of the personnel of aviation. This seems to me a more
disturbing thing ...
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The discreet charms of an Arabian Knight
Coupled with a commanding screen presence, his soulful, brown eyes, simultaneously radiating melancholia with high spirits and raffishness, an indecipherable ... «The Hindu, 七月 15»
Richard West, writer - obituary
He spent a good deal of time in “UDI” Rhodesia, which he condemned politically, at least while it lasted, but whose raffishness he liked. He wrote The White ... «Telegraph.co.uk, 四月 15»
BBQ joint was smoked by progress
... including those of some exclusive clubs, its successor carried a slight whiff of raffishness. In its early days, the Chatterbox — more specifically, its bar — turned ... «San Antonio Express-News, 三月 15»
Cumberbatch appears on celebrity video to Save Soho
"Soho's unique blend of raffishness with a hint of wickedness, its artistic freedom of expression, its place as a centre of gay, lesbian and transgender community ... «BBC News, 十二月 14»
Soho Hobo urges Bojo to help save Madame JoJo's
He added: “Soho's unique blend of raffishness and a hint of wickedness, it's artistic freedom of expression, it's place as a centre for gay, lesbian and transgender ... «London24, 十二月 14»
Book review: 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure,' edited …
Occasionally, too, he relieves these chronicles of disaster by lingering over the raffishness of a J.D. “Jack” Ffrench or the luxurious early life of Elise La Rue, who ... «Washington Post, 十一月 14»
George Christie, impresario, 1934-2014
But he also had an urbane charm and raffishness that opened doors and made friends in circles that were decidedly un-snooty. His successful stewardship of ... «Financial Times, 五月 14»
Lord McAlpine: he had fun while building Thatcher's Britain
But there can often be an element of raffishness, even loucheness. They are suitable for liaisons dangereuses (“Surprising number of Mr and Mrs Smiths booked ... «Telegraph.co.uk, 一月 14»
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
The low-budget locales have a certain plausible raffishness, and there's a supporting cast of excellent actors, including Armand Assante and Cathy Moriarty ... «New York Post, 五月 13»
Dance review: English National Ballet - Down and out in Paris and …
As pungent as a whiff of Gauloises and filthy as cheap black coffee, this short two-hander presents both the raffishness and the nihilism of post-Occupation Paris. «The Independent, 四月 13»
